Tricolia miniata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tricolia miniata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Vetigastropoda
Order:  | Trochida
Superfamily:  | Trochoidea
Family:  | Phasianellidae
Genus:  | Tricolia
Species:  |

T. miniata

Binomial name
Tricolia miniata

(Monterosato, 1884) [1]

Tricolia miniata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, off the Strait of Gibraltar and in the Southern Mediterranean Sea, found on brown algae Ericaria selaginoides (Linnaeus) Molinari & Guiry 2020 (syn. Cystoseira tamariscifolia (Hudson) Papenfuss, 1950).

## References

1. ↑ Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
2. ↑ Tricolia miniata (Monterosato, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.

* Gofas S. (1982). The genus Tricolia in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Journal of Molluscan Studies 48: 182–213
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

## External links

* "Tricolia miniata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_5875.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q10828003 entry

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